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#141 of 475 2005 Mazda3 (automatic) with Transmission Issues by jwaller86

Mar 13, 2009 (9:08 am)

I bought a Mazda3 in May 2005. The car is great and had no issues until March 2008. When I was driving in automatic one day, the car would tend to shift from 4th to 3th gear automatically with the AT and engine light come on. Once this happen it is locked into 3rd gear until you come to a complete stop. Once I am at a complete stop it will return to lst gear and the AT light turns off while the engine light remains on. This will happen infrequently. Therefore, I brought into the dealership and they told me the transmission need to be flush. At the time, my car had 45,000 miles on it and they told me i should do it every 30,000 miles. I had the transmission flush and the car work perfectly until November 2008 with the same issue. I brought the car to the dealership again. They called headquarters about the issue. They told me the speed sensor was messing up and they reprogram it. It took about 2 hours and a half to complete the job. About three weeks later the same problem. I did not go back to the dealership until February 2009 for a regular oil change. I explained to them from my diagnosis the transmission tends to shift down when I am accelerating than get off the gas than accelerating again. My theory to them was the computer is thinking i am going full pedal when i just tap the accelerate slightly. The only time the car really should shift down when you are going full throttle. So, they looked at it and they found the sensor wire was going bad which relate to the speed sensor. However, I asked the dealership why did the mechanics found this problem earlier when I brought it in November. They explained the bumps on the road might have cause the car to frequently cause this problem and wouldn't have seen the wire. I didn't really buy into that explanation. To get to my point, the replacement for the wire cause around $90.00 plus labor. Just after a couple of days, the same problem. However, I notice it tends to do it on a bumpy road or inclining up on the road. Also, when I am going up the gears I feel or hear something popping or vibrating like something is force it to pop out of gear. Like I can actually feel the car popping out of gear.
 
I know this is a lengthy forum. If anybody has this similar issue, please share and give me advise. I really don't think Mazda is telling me the truth about my car.

#142 of 475 Re: Leaky story [autonomous] by wgm4

Mar 26, 2009 (3:05 pm)

Replying to: autonomous (Mar 06, 2009 12:32 pm)
yea its the same problem.I got a new gas cap from the mazda place and it still comes on and then it will go off then it will come on. It comes back on when im at a red light or something

#143 of 475 2007 MAZDA 3 HATCHBACK by SophiaRose

May 01, 2009 (8:48 am)

I JUST RECENTLY STARTED GETTING A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END. THE WEIRD THING IS IT FEELS LIKE AND SOUNDS LIKE IT'S HAPPENING IN ABOUT 3 DIFFERENT SPOTS. IT HAPPENS IRREGULARLY SO IT'S HARD TO PIN POINT WHAT IT COULD BE. I HAD A FRIEND WHO IS A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND HE HAD NO CLUE. ANY IDEAS? ANYONE EXPREINCE SOMETHING SIMILAR?

#144 of 475 Re: 2007 MAZDA 3 HATCHBACK [SophiaRose] by roadburner

May 02, 2009 (8:35 am)

Replying to: SophiaRose (May 01, 2009 8:48 am)
First, turn off your caps lock. Yelling is rude. I'd suspect the knock is either a bad anti-roll bar link or a bad strut. In my case I had a knock and it was the strut.

#145 of 475 2005 mazda 3 by surfersparadox

May 06, 2009 (6:06 pm)

I recently had a noise in my 05 mazda 3 that sounded like a hole in the exhaust. I took it to a local mechanic who said nothing was wrong but he heard the noise. I took it to mazda who said my engine mounts were broken and so was my axel. I got both fixed and the noise still persisted. I took it to a body shop who said my air filter had fallen in and when they fixed it the noise stopped. However, it started again and a mechanic family member says he felt a rough transmission. Is it that or something else? does anyone have a similar experience or know what it is?

#146 of 475 04 Mazda 3 by mmmmmazda

May 25, 2009 (12:14 am)

Good day, I have a 2004 2.3 automatic hatchback with 80 000 km's (50 000 miles). I've had it since 65 000 kms (40 000 miles). I feel a vibration in the car when the transmission is in drive with my foot on the bake and completely stopped (like at a red light). The vibration is felt throughout the whole car and varies in strength. It gets worse when the RPM's gets lower. It almost feels like it is getting worse with time. I also hear a loud click coming from under the front of the car about 70% of the time when I put it into reverse in the morning. Sometimes the click happens right when I put it into reverse gear and sometimes when I push the gas in reverse. I'm suspecting a transmission problem. I don't really know if it is switching gears as smoothly as it should also. I wish I could drive another one to compare. I had a mechanic recommend changing the spark plugs because he thought the car idled pretty low but he didn't even take it for a test drive. I changed the plugs but the problem persisted. I would like to believe this could be an easy fix but I fear the worst. Wondering if I should sell before it becomes to noticeable, ha ha ha. Anyone got any ideas? The air filter is clean, the oil changed every 5, new spark plugs, all the fluids are good.
 
Thanks for your time

#147 of 475 Re: 04 Mazda 3 [mmmmmazda] by autonomous

May 28, 2009 (1:23 pm)

Replying to: mmmmmazda (May 25, 2009 12:14 am)
I feel a vibration in the car when the transmission is in drive with my foot on the bake and completely stopped (like at a red light). The vibration is felt throughout the whole car and varies in strength. It gets worse when the RPM's gets lower.
 
The predecessor to the Mazda3, the Protege, had similar symptoms due to a dirty EGR valve. You may want to check it out.

#148 of 475 2005 mazda 3 by jonathan7787

Jun 04, 2009 (4:45 am)

Hi peeps,
 
Dont laugh at me because i know NOTHING about cars but any advice would be great. My mazda 3 seems to be at a higher RPM than it should be at times. For example going down the freeway 110km/h its usually doing about 3500RPM. seems a bit high to me however it could be normal? just used to a different car that does not seem to sit at such a high RPM in 5th gear. theres probably nothing wong other than my lack of car knowledge LOL! but hey you never learn without asking even the stupid questions. any words of reassurance would be great.

#149 of 475 Re: 2005 mazda 3 [jonathan7787] by shipo

Jun 04, 2009 (8:18 am)

Replying to: jonathan7787 (Jun 04, 2009 4:45 am)
Assuming that you have a manual transmission...
 
Yes, 3,500 RPMs does sound a bit high. As a point of reference, my 2009 Mazda3 i 5-Speed (manual) turns about 3,050 RPMs at 112 KPH.
 
Best regards,
Shipo

#150 of 475 Re: Parking to Reverse gives a BIG jolt - Mazda 3 [micks80] by smadike

Jun 10, 2009 (6:31 pm)

Replying to: micks80 (Dec 08, 2008 9:41 am)
hi everybody,i'm new in the forum,sorry for my english.
I've the same probleme with my typotronic mazda3 2004 (107000km)the reverse gives a big jolt and the "AT"code shows up on the screen.
have you resolved the probleme? how to go about fixing this...?
thanks

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